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A superstition is a belief that some thing, number, day or action brings good luck or bad luck, or can make something happen, when there is no real reason why it would. Walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, the number four, seeing a black cat, not sticking your upright in rice — each culture has its own set. The word can be countable ('an old superstition', 'lots of superstitions') or uncountable ('superstition still shapes what day people choose to marry'). Two things worth noticing. First, it is usually a judgement word: calling a belief a superstition is saying you think it is not true. People rarely say 'my superstition' seriously — they say it half-joking, or they call their own version 'a custom', 'a tradition', or just 'what we do'. Second, plenty of people who say they do not believe in superstitions still avoid the unlucky thing, and will tell you honestly, 'I don't believe it, but why risk it?' That gap between what people say and what they do is the interesting part of the word. Historically it was also used, quite , of other people's religions.
From the word’s history
From Latin superstitio, from superstāre 'to stand above', super- 'above' + stāre 'to stand'.
源自拉丁文 superstitio，來自 superstāre「站在上方」。
組成From Latin superstitio, from super- (above, over) + stare (to stand) — literally 'a standing over'. The Romans meant something like standing over a thing in awe, or a belief left standing on after its time; even Latin writers were not fully sure why the word meant what it meant.
同家族的字
- standthe same very old root as Latin stare 'to stand'
- stablefrom Latin stare — able to keep standing
- circumstancecircum- 'around' + stare — what is standing around a situation
- supervisesame super- 'over, above'
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
superstitionnoun/ˌs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃən/
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derogatoryA belief considered to be irrational, unfounded, or based solely on fear and ignorance, particularly credulous reverence towards and belief in supernatural forces.
- What children we are in trifles! what slight things exercise an influence over us! to how much that our reason would be ashamed to acknowledge! nevertheless does it submit. Our whole nature must change; we must be less susceptible, less dependent on "blind accident," before we can shake off hopes and fears, which are almost superstitions.
- The world is not merely the sum of all its atoms... There are no atoms in themselves. Atoms regarded as things in themselves are a scientific superstition.
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archaicExcessive nicety; overscrupulousness.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。